Down to possibly their last possession of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the Spurs put the ball in Tony Parker’s hands with a two-point lead.

Parker began the possession with LeBron James guarding him, but on a switch, Parker got a much more favorable matchup with Mike Miler. Parker couldn’t (or wouldn’t if he were trying to take time off the clock) take advantage then or once Chris Bosh switched onto him.

Eventually, with LeBron back on him, Parker nearly lost the ball, dropped to his knees while keeping his dribble alive, spun around, rose and released the jumper just before the shot clock expired.

Parker’s basket – upheld after review – with 5.2 second remaining gave the Spurs a 92-88 lead, which proved to be the final score.

Yeah, the Spurs didn’t play as well as they did against the Grizzlies, and I’m thinking that a big part of their 4th quarter advantage may have been because they were simply more rested than the Heat. Happy as a Spurs fan but I know they will need to play better to win this series.

Unbelievable! The heat looked like they were in control for much/most of the game. Spurs were struggling with their shots. But the spurs just kept it close and in the fourth quarter stole the game with excellent TEAM ball. That and tony Parker is ruthless!

LeBron can defend 5 positions. Oh wait, he guarded all 5 starters at points tonite and he couldn’t defend any of them: Duncan shot/tipped over him, Splitter hooked on him, Green drained a 3 on him, Leonard drove right past him, and Tony Parker owned him…in the 4th quarter. But he can still guard 5 positions.

sorry lebron. maybe next time. im so happy i don’t have a horse in this race, so i can just sit back and enjoy nice basketball ! i have a feeling lebron may be in for a rude awakening, if game 1 wasn’t already an indication …

Wow! Miami is in trouble –big difference at crunch time when you have a true point guard to defend. Miami faced Gorge Hill and Nate Robinson in their previous series and both are really small #2 guards. They could press and trap them into mistakes, but Tony Parker is the prototype point guard who can shot well enough and hold on to the ball . He also knows how to get the ball to Duncan in the paint, which Hill could not do effectively and it was painful to watch the Heat use Haslem on Hibbert and get away with it. Popovich is a great coach , who won’t let them get away with that in this series. Spurs in 6 or 7.